Color Theory

1. Color Theory

2. Color Theory Color Wheel Color Values Color Schemes

3. 3 Basic Properties HUE- undiluted color in its purest intensity. VALUE – lightness or darkness of a hue (color). INTENSITY-brightness or dullness of a hue (color).

4. The Color Wheel The color wheel fits together like a puzzle –each color in a specific place. Being familiar with the color wheel helps you mix colors when painting and adding color to your artwork.

5. Primary Colors Primary colors are not mixed from other elements and they generate all other colors. • Red • Yellow • Blue

8. Secondary Colors • By mixing two primary colors, a secondary color is created. • Red + Yellow = Orange • Yellow+ Blue = Green • Blue+ Red = Violet

11. Tertiary Colors(Intermediate Colors) Intermediate, or Tertiary, colors are created by mixing a primary and a secondary. • blue-green • blue-violet • red-violet • red-orange • yellow-orange • yellow-green

14. Color Values Color values are the lights and darks of a color you create by using black and white (‘neutrals”) with a color. This makes hundreds of more colors from the basic 12 colors of the wheel. • white + color = tint • color + black = shade

15. Tints Tints are lightened colors. Always begin with white and add a bit of color to the white until the desired tint is obtained. This is an example of a value scale for the tints of blue.

16. Shades Shades are darkened colors. Always begin with the color and add just a bit of black at a time to get the desired shade of a color. This is an example of a value scale for the shades of blue.

17. Neutral Colors The principles of color mixing let us describe a variety of colors, but there are still many colors to explore. The neutral colors contain equal parts of each of the three primary colors. Black, off-black, white, off-white, gray and sometimes brown are considered "neutral”.

18. Color Schemes A systematic way of using the color wheel to put colors together. Colors Schemes are a way to convey a style, feeling, mood. Colors that work well together and create a harmonious, well balanced work of art. We use color schemes every day, not just in the art room. For example: putting together the clothes you wear, deciding what colors to paint your room…..

19. Monochromatic Warm Cool Complementary Analogous

20. Monochromatic “Mono” means “one”, “chroma” means “color”… monochromatic color schemes have only one color and its values. The following slide shows a painting done in a monochromatic color scheme.

21. These non-objective paintings have a monochromatic color scheme - blue, yellow, red and the values (tints and shades) of blue, yellow and red.

25. Warm Warm colors are found on the right side of the color wheel. Warm colors make objects look closer in a painting or drawing. Yellow, yellow orange, orangered-orange, red, red-violet

26. This is an illustration of the use of warm colors - reds, oranges, yellows and greens.

29. Cool Cool colors are found on the left side of the color wheel and tend to recede in a composition. violet, blue violet, blue, blue-green, green, yellow-green

30. Note the cool color scheme in this painting (greens, purples and blues).

32. Complementary Complementary colors are opposite on the color wheel provided a high contrast - if you want to be noticed wear complementary colors!

33. These pictures have complementary colors and their values.

36. Analogous The analogous color scheme is 3-5 colors adjacent to each other on the color wheel. This combination of colors provides very little contrast.

37. Analogous colors are illustrated here: yellow, yellow-green, green and blue-green & purple, red-purple, red, red-orange and orange

39. CONSTRUCTING A COLOR WHEEL